Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall "is the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, having closely observed their behavior for the past quarter century in the jungles of the Gombe Game Reserve in Africa, living in the chimps' environment and gaining their confidence...

"Dr. Goodall received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1965. She has been the Scientific Director of the Gombe Stream Research Center since 1967. In 1984, Jane Goodall received the J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize for "helping millions of people understand the importance of wildlife conservation to life on this planet." Her other awards and international recognitions fill pages.

"Her scientific articles have appeared in many issues of National Geographic. She has written scores of papers for internationally known scientific journals. Dr. Goodall has also written two books, Wild Chimpanzees and In The Shadow of Man. She pleads to thousands of people throughout the world on behalf of her career-long sponsor, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation...

"Dr. Goodall has expanded her global outreach with the founding of the Jane Goodall Institute based in Ridgefield, CT. She now teaches and encourages young people to appreciate the conversation of chimpanzees and all creatures great and small. She lectures, writes, teaches and continues her mission in many inventive ways, including the Chimpanzee Guardian Project." Her first husband was Hugo van Lawick, while her second husband is the late Hon Derek Bryceson (who was a member of Tanazia's parliament).


 * Advisory Board, Global Security Institute
 * Advisory Board, Global Youth Action Network
 * Advisory Board, Save the Chimps
 * Advisory Board, International Child Resource Institute
 * Advisory Council, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * Advisory Council, Global Green USA
 * President’s Council, Counterpart International
 * Co-Chair, State of the World Forum
 * SAIV Council, Center for Partnership Studies
 * Patron, Population Matters
 * Honorary Member, Club of Budapest: Members
 * Member, World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality
 * Advisor, World Council of Religious Leaders
 * Recipient of the 2003 Center for Health and the Global Environment Global Environmental Citizen Award
 * Honorary Advisor, Free The Children
 * Honorary Board, Albert Schweitzer Institute
 * Circle of Advisors, Rachel's Network
 * International Advisory Board, ChildCare-Rai Foundation
 * Winner of the 1990 Kyoto Prize
 * Schweitzer Medalists: Animal Welfare Institute (1987)

Other Affiliations

 * From 1989 Director, Humane Society of the United States
 * From 1990 Member of the Advisory Board, Advocates for Animals, Scotland
 * From 1990 Vice President for Conservation International Board of MediSend
 * From 1991 Member of the Advisory Board, the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities, USA
 * From 1994 Member of the Board of the Orangutan Foundation, USA
 * From 1994 Member of the Advisory Board, Trees for Life, USA
 * From 1995 Founder, Whole Child Initiative International, USA
 * From 1995 Member of the Advisory Board, Dolphin Project International and Dolphin Project Europe
 * From 1995 Member of Council of Advisors, Global Green USA
 * From 1996 Member of Advisory Board, The Fred Foundation, the Netherlands
 * From 1998 President, Advocates for Animals, UK
 * From 1999 Member of Advisory Board, The Orion Society, USA
 * From 2000 Member of the Board, Save the Chimps/Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care
 * From 2001 Advisor and Founder of the Whole Child Initiative USA
 * From 2001 Co-founder of EETA/CRABS (Ethologists for Ethical Treatment of Animals/Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior)
 * From 2001 Member of the International Advisory Board of Teachers Without Borders, USA
 * From 2001 Member of Advisory Committee, RESTORE, USA
 * From 2001 Honorary Trustee, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, USA
 * From 2001 Member of IPS Ad-Hoc Committee for the World Heritage Status for Great Apes
 * From 2001 Member of Board of Trustees, NANPA Infinity Foundation, USA
 * From 2001 Member of Board, North American Bear Center, USA
 * From 2001 Member of Advisory Board, Laboratory Primate Advocacy Group, USA
 * From 2001 Member of Advisory Board, Tech Foundation, USA
 * From 2001 Member of Honorary Committee, Farm Sanctuary, USA
 * From 2002 Member of Advisory Board, [[Rachel's Network'', USA
 * From 2002 Member of the Board of Directors of the Cougar Fund
 * From 2002 Scientific Fellow of the Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
 * From 2002 Member of Board of Directors, The Many One Foundation, USA
 * From 2002 Member of Board of Governors & Officers, For Grace, USA
 * From 2002 Member of Advisory Board, DIGNITY YOU WEAR, USA
 * 2002-2003 Papadopoulos Fellow
 * From 2004 Member of Advisory Board, Initiative for Animals and Ethics, Harvard University, USA
 * From 2005 Member of Friends of Africa International Advisory Board
 * From 2005 Member of Cincinnati Zoo Advisory Council
 * From 2005 Member of Advisory Board, Chimps Inc.
 * From 2005 Member of Advisory Board, Kidsrights
 * From 2005 Member of Advisory Board, MediSend
 * From 2005 Member of Honorary Board, Quinnipiac University, USA
 * From 2006 Member of Advisory Board, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * From 2006 Member of Advisory Board, Club of Budapest
 * From 2006 Member of Advisory Board, ENO Leading Mothers of the Environment
 * From 2006 Member of Board of Directors, National Institute for Play
 * From 2007 Fellow, Wings WorldQuest, USA
 * From 2007 Member of Advisory Board, Gift of Life in America, Inc., USA
 * From 2007 Leading Founder, Great Chapter at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA, USA
 * From 2007 Member of Advisory Board, The Heart of America Foundation, USA
 * From 2007 Member of Advisory Board, Project R&R: Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories, a campaign of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society, USA

Books

 * Dale Peterson, "Jane Goodall: The Woman who Redefined Man".

Critical Resources

 * Lord Zuckerman, "Apes R Not Us," The New York Review of Books, May 30, 1991, pp.43-9.
 * Georgianne Nienaber and keith harmon snow, "Congolese Conservation Expert Under Attack for Speaking Out About Corruption", OpEdNews, August 28, 2007.
 * Georgianne Nienaber and Keith Harmon Snow, "KONG: Part Six: The Road to Tayna 2", coanews, 2007.
 * Michael Barker, "Jane Goodall’s Elite Monkey Business", Swans Commentary, January 12, 2009.

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